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READERS: The following is an expanded version of a “Behind the Screen” I did last year on the late John Belushi. March 5, 2012 marks the 30th Anniversary of his passing. I have included my list of Belushi’s best performances as well as an excerpt from my interview with Tim Kazurinsky, who was a close [...]
Despite an early showing by top nominee “Hugo,” “The Artist” surged ahead and took home it’s anticipated Best Picture award at the 84th Annual Academy Awards tonight. Both films ended up with the lion’s share of awards, each of them taking home five trophies.
Author: Alan Barnes Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Titan Books; Updated edition Release Date: January 31, 2012 Our Score: 3.5 out of 5 stars Right now with the rebirth of the character Sherlock Holmes due to Guy Ritchie and Robert Downey Jr., the world’s top detective is back in the spotlight. This book covers the complete [...]
This past week brought a little notoriety both to MediaMikes and to me personally. With a click of the mouse I entered a favorable review of the new Adam Sandler film “Jack and Jill” and apparently, when I did this, I caused the end of the movie going world. I’ve been writing film reviews since [...]
LIONSGATE BRINGS DEAD ISLAND TO LIFE ON THE BIG SCREEN Feature Film Adaptation Of Deep Silver’s Zombie Sensation In Development At The Studio Santa Monica, CA, September 27, 2011– LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, today announced that it has optioned film rights from Deep Silver to develop a feature inspired by Dead Island, which became a viral media [...]
Mary Tyler Moore Honored With 2011 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award 48th Annual Accolade to be Presented During the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Simulcast Live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, January 29, 2012 LOS ANGELES (September 8, 2011) – Renowned actress, producer and humanitarian Mary Tyler Moore will receive Screen Actors [...]
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Legendary Pictures has announced they plan are developing a movie based on Electronics Arts and Bioware’s video game series “Mass Effect”. The studio has has Mark Protosevich writing the screenplay. He previously wrote “I Am Legend”, “The Cell”, and the upcoming “Thor”. The game takes places in the year 2183 and follows a human soldier [...]
“The Transporter” is being turned into a TV spin-off’s and joining the ranks of other feature films that have been down that road. Some of them are “Friday Night Lights”, “RoboCop”, “Terminator”, “Buffy, the Vampire and the list goes on and on. Luc Besson will be involved with the series so that is a plus, [...]
Mike’s Behind the Screen: “JawsFEST: The Tribute”
On a movie scale, if the original 2005 “JawsFEST” was the fan equivalent of “Jaws” then the recent “JawsFEST: The Tribute” was more like “Jaws: The Revenge!” I took some time off between the end of the Fest and writing this because I wanted to make sure that other fans shared some of my feelings [...]